Walter Brennan1894 - 1974

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Actor

Popularity

2.8

Famous

Biography

Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Brennan was also nominated for his performance in Sergeant York (1941). Other noteworthy performances were in To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), and Rio Bravo (1959). Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Brennan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Credits

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

7
1
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs

2000

Documentary • Western

as (archive footage)

0
0.1
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender

1997

Documentary • History

as Self (archive footage)

5.2
0.2
Bogart: The Untold Story
Bogart: The Untold Story

1997

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

0
0.2
La Classe américaine
La Classe américaine

1993

Comedy • TV Movie

as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)

7.6
0.7
Smoke In The Wind
Smoke In The Wind

1975

Action • Drama • Romance

as H. P. Kingman

6
0.2
Home for the Holidays
Home for the Holidays

1974

Horror • TV Movie • Thriller

as Benjamin Morgan

5.5
0.2
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973

Documentary • TV Movie

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
0.3
Two for the Money
Two for the Money

1972

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Cody Guilford

0
0.2
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

1971

TV Movie • Western

as Silky O'Sullivan

0
0.2
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

1970

Action • Adventure • Comedy • TV Movie • Western

as Nash Crawford

5
1.1
The Young Country
The Young Country

1970

TV Movie • Western

as Sheriff Matt Fenley

8
0.1
The Over the Hill Gang
The Over the Hill Gang

1969

Comedy • TV Movie • Western

as Nash Crawford

5.6
0.3
Support Your Local Sheriff!
Support Your Local Sheriff!

1969

Comedy • Western

as Pa Danby

7
1
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band

1968

Family • Music

as Grandpa Bower

6.3
0.2
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy

1968

Comedy • Documentary • History

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
0.7
Who's Minding the Mint?
Who's Minding the Mint?

1967

Comedy • Romance

as Pop Gillis

7
0.3
The Gnome-Mobile
The Gnome-Mobile

1967

Comedy • Family • Fantasy

as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby

6.2
0.4
The Oscar
The Oscar

1966

Drama

as Quentin

5.1
0.5
Those Calloways
Those Calloways

1965

Drama • Family

as Alf Simes

6.2
0.5
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
The Shooting of Dan McGrew

1965

Animation

as Narrator

0
0.1
How the West Was Won
How the West Was Won

1962

Western

as Col. Jeb Hawkins

7
1.8
Shootout at Big Sag
Shootout at Big Sag

1962

Western

as 'Preacher' Hawker

0
0.1
Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo

1959

Western

as Stumpy

7.8
3.9
God Is My Partner
God Is My Partner

1957

Drama

as Dr. Charles Grayson

5
0.1
Tammy and the Bachelor
Tammy and the Bachelor

1957

Comedy • Romance

as John Dinwitty

7
0.6
The Way to the Gold
The Way to the Gold

1957

Adventure • Crime

as Uncle George Williams

0
0.1
Armored Attack!
Armored Attack!

1957

War

as Karp

6.2
0.3
The Proud Ones
The Proud Ones

1956

Western

as Jake

6.4
0.5
Good-bye, My Lady
Good-bye, My Lady

1956

Drama

as Uncle Jesse Jackson

7.7
0.2
Come Next Spring
Come Next Spring

1956

Drama

as Jeffrey Storys

6
0.2
Glory
Glory

1956

Drama

as Ned Otis

5
0.2
At Gunpoint
At Gunpoint

1955

Western

as Doc Lacy

6.3
0.4
The Brush Roper
The Brush Roper

1955

as Grandpa Atkins

0
0.1
Man on a Bus
Man on a Bus

1955

Drama • TV Movie

as Saul

4
0.2
Bad Day at Black Rock
Bad Day at Black Rock

1955

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller • Western

as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.

7.3
1.2
Four Guns to the Border
Four Guns to the Border

1954

Western

as Simon Bhumer

4.6
0.3
Drums Across the River
Drums Across the River

1954

Western

as Sam Brannon

5.4
0.4
The Far Country
The Far Country

1954

Western

as Ben Tatum

6.9
0.9
Sea of Lost Ships
Sea of Lost Ships

1953

Action

as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley

0
0.2
Lure of the Wilderness
Lure of the Wilderness

1952

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as Jim Harper

6
0.2
Return of the Texan
Return of the Texan

1952

Western

as Grandpa Firth Crockett

6
0.1
The Wild Blue Yonder
The Wild Blue Yonder

1951

Drama • War

as Maj. Gen. Wolfe

6
0.3
Best of the Badmen
Best of the Badmen

1951

Western

as 'Doc' Butcher

6.5
0.2
Along the Great Divide
Along the Great Divide

1951

Western

as Timothy 'Pop' Keith

7.4
0.5
Surrender
Surrender

1950

Drama • Romance • Western

as Sheriff Bill Howard

4.8
0.4
The Showdown
The Showdown

1950

Mystery • Western

as Cap MacKellar

5.2
0.4
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek

1950

Comedy • Romance • Western

as Rimrock

6.3
0.2
A Ticket to Tomahawk
A Ticket to Tomahawk

1950

Comedy • Music • Western

as Terence Sweeny

5.8
0.3
Singing Guns
Singing Guns

1950

Western

as Dr. Jonathan Mark

5.8
0.5
Task Force
Task Force

1949

Drama • Romance • War

as Pete Richard

7
0.3
Brimstone
Brimstone

1949

Western

as Pop Courteen

6.3
0.4
The Green Promise
The Green Promise

1949

Drama

as Mr. Matthews

6.6
0.3
Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon

1948

Romance • Western

as Kris Barden

6.1
0.6
Red River
Red River

1948

Western

as 'Groot' Nadine

7.3
2.2
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!

1948

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Tony Maule

4.7
0.2
Driftwood
Driftwood

1947

Drama • Family

as Murph

6.1
0.2
Nobody Lives Forever
Nobody Lives Forever

1946

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Pop Gruber

6.2
0.4
My Darling Clementine
My Darling Clementine

1946

Drama • Romance • Western

as Old Man Clanton

7.4
1.3
Centennial Summer
Centennial Summer

1946

Comedy • History • Music

as Jesse Rogers

6
0.3
A Stolen Life
A Stolen Life

1946

Drama

as Eben Folger

6.4
0.5
Dakota
Dakota

1945

Western

as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird

5.1
0.6
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not

1945

Adventure • Romance • War

as Eddie

7.5
1
The Princess and the Pirate
The Princess and the Pirate

1944

Adventure • Comedy

as Featherhead

6.9
1
Home in Indiana
Home in Indiana

1944

Adventure • Drama • Romance

as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt

5.6
0.2
The North Star
The North Star

1943

Drama • War

as Karp

6.2
2.9
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

1943

Drama • War

as George, Mailman

10
0.1
Hangmen Also Die!
Hangmen Also Die!

1943

Drama • Thriller • War

as Prof. Stephen Novotny

6.9
0.7
Slightly Dangerous
Slightly Dangerous

1943

Comedy • Romance

as Cornelius Burden

5.8
0.4
Stand by for Action
Stand by for Action

1942

Action • Comedy • Drama • War

as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson

6.8
0.6
The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees

1942

Drama • Family

as Sam Blake

7.4
0.7
Rise and Shine
Rise and Shine

1941

Comedy • Crime • Romance

as Grandpa

6
0.2
Swamp Water
Swamp Water

1941

Crime • Drama • Mystery • Thriller

as Tom Keefer

6.3
0.4
Breakdowns of 1941
Breakdowns of 1941

1941

Comedy

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

7
0.2
Sergeant York
Sergeant York

1941

Drama • War

as Pastor Rosier Pile

7.2
1.1
This Woman Is Mine
This Woman Is Mine

1941

Adventure • Romance

as Captain Jonathan Thorne

3.7
0.3
Meet John Doe
Meet John Doe

1941

Comedy • Drama

as The Colonel

7.3
1.6
Nice Girl?
Nice Girl?

1941

Comedy • Drama • Music

as Hector Titus

5.3
0.3
The Westerner
The Westerner

1940

Western

as Judge Roy Bean

7
0.9
Maryland
Maryland

1940

Drama

as William P. Stewart

6.2
0.3
Northwest Passage
Northwest Passage

1940

Adventure • Drama • History • War

as 'Hunk' Marriner

6.4
0.7
Stanley and Livingstone
Stanley and Livingstone

1939

Adventure • History

as Jeff Slocum

6.4
0.4
They Shall Have Music
They Shall Have Music

1939

Drama • Family • Music

as Professor Lawson

6.1
0.3
Land of Liberty
Land of Liberty

1939

History

as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')

0
0.2
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

1939

Music • Romance

as Walter

6.9
0.5
Kentucky
Kentucky

1938

Drama • Romance

as Peter Goodwin

5.8
0.6
The Cowboy and the Lady
The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Comedy • Romance • Western

as Sugar

6.1
0.4
The Texans
The Texans

1938

Western

as Chuckawalla

5.6
0.3
Mother Carey's Chickens
Mother Carey's Chickens

1938

Drama • Romance

as Ossian Popham

5.2
0.1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1938

Adventure • Family

as Muff Potter

6.5
0.8
The Buccaneer
The Buccaneer

1938

Adventure • Drama • History • Romance

as Ezra Peavey

6.4
0.4
Wild and Woolly
Wild and Woolly

1937

Comedy • Music • Western

as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn

0
0.1
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Affairs of Cappy Ricks

1937

Comedy • Drama

as Cappy Ricks

4.8
0.3
When Love Is Young
When Love Is Young

1937

Comedy

as Uncle Hugo

0
0.2
She's Dangerous
She's Dangerous

1937

Crime • Drama

as 'Oats'

5
0.2
Banjo on My Knee
Banjo on My Knee

1936

Comedy • Romance

as Newt Holley

5.8
0.2
Come and Get It
Come and Get It

1936

Drama • Romance

as Swan Bostrom

6.8
0.5
Fury
Fury

1936

Crime • Drama

as Bugs Meyers

7.4
0.9
The Moon's Our Home
The Moon's Our Home

1936

Comedy

as Lem

6.5
0.2
These Three
These Three

1936

Drama • Romance

as Taxi Driver

7.1
0.4
Three Godfathers
Three Godfathers

1936

Action • Drama • Western

as Samuel 'Gus' Barton

6.8
0.6
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935

Comedy • Mystery • Romance • Thriller

as Station Agent

6.6
0.1
Metropolitan
Metropolitan

1935

Drama • Music • Romance

as Grandpa

0
0.3
Barbary Coast
Barbary Coast

1935

Drama • Romance • Western

as Old Atrocity

6.6
0.6
She Couldn't Take It
She Couldn't Take It

1935

Comedy

as Peddler

4.5
0.2
We're in the Money
We're in the Money

1935

Comedy • Music • Romance

as Wedding Witness (uncredited)

5.5
0.1
The Perfect Tribute
The Perfect Tribute

1935

History • War

as Stone Cutter (uncredited)

0
0.1
Man on the Flying Trapeze
Man on the Flying Trapeze

1935

Comedy

as 'Legs' Garnett

5.9
0.2
Lady Tubbs
Lady Tubbs

1935

Comedy • Romance

as Joseph

5
0.1
Party Wire
Party Wire

1935

Comedy • Drama

as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)

8
0.3
Bride of Frankenstein
Bride of Frankenstein

1935

Horror • Science Fiction

as Peasant (uncredited)

7.5
1.9
West Point of the Air
West Point of the Air

1935

Drama

as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage

6
0.3
The Wedding Night
The Wedding Night

1935

Drama • Romance

as Bill Jenkins

6
0.4
Restless Knights
Restless Knights

1935

Comedy

as Father (uncredited)

5.6
0.2
Law Beyond the Range
Law Beyond the Range

1935

Western

as Abner

0
0.1
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

1935

Drama • Mystery

as First Gossip

5.5
0.3
Northern Frontier
Northern Frontier

1935

Western

as Stuttering Cook

0
0.2
Brick-a-Brac
Brick-a-Brac

1935

Comedy

as Lem

0
0.1
Helldorado
Helldorado

1935

Drama

as Pete

0
0.2
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Biography of a Bachelor Girl

1935

Comedy • Romance

as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)

6.3
0.2
Prescott Kid
Prescott Kid

1934

Western

as Zeke - Stage Driver

0
0.2
There's Always Tomorrow
There's Always Tomorrow

1934

Drama • Romance

as Auto mechanic

8
0.3
Great Expectations
Great Expectations

1934

Drama

as Prisoner on Ship

6.2
0.3
Gridiron Flash
Gridiron Flash

1934

Comedy • Drama

as Proprietor of Java Joe's

3.3
0.2
Death on the Diamond
Death on the Diamond

1934

Drama • Mystery

as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)

7
0.2
Whom the Gods Destroy
Whom the Gods Destroy

1934

Drama

as Clifford (uncredited)

5.5
0.1
Whom the Gods Destroy
Whom the Gods Destroy

1934

Drama

as Clifford

5.5
0.1
Murder in the Private Car
Murder in the Private Car

1934

Comedy • Mystery • Romance

as Switchman (uncredited)

5.5
0.5
The Life of Vergie Winters
The Life of Vergie Winters

1934

Drama

as Roscoe (uncredited)

5.9
0.2
Half a Sinner
Half a Sinner

1934

Drama

as Radio Announcer

0
0.1
Woman Haters
Woman Haters

1934

Comedy

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

6
0.2
I'll Tell the World
I'll Tell the World

1934

Comedy • Romance

as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man

0
0.1
Riptide
Riptide

1934

Drama • Romance

as Chauffeur (uncredited)

6.2
0.3
Good Dame
Good Dame

1934

Drama

as Elmer Spicer

5.5
0.2
George White's Scandals
George White's Scandals

1934

Music

as Hick (uncredited)

5
0.1
The Poor Rich
The Poor Rich

1934

Comedy

as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)

0
0.1
Radio Dough
Radio Dough

1934

Comedy

as Drunk Customer (uncredited)

0
0.2
Beloved
Beloved

1934

Drama

as Stuttering Boarder

0
0.2
Cross Country Cruise
Cross Country Cruise

1934

Adventure • Comedy • Drama

as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)

6
0.2
Fugitive Lovers
Fugitive Lovers

1934

Comedy • Crime • Drama

as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)

6
0.3
King for a Night
King for a Night

1933

Crime

as Soda Jerk

6.2
0.2
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man

1933

Horror • Science Fiction

as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)

7.5
2.3
My Woman
My Woman

1933

Drama • Romance

as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)

3.4
0.2
Curtain at Eight
Curtain at Eight

1933

Mystery

as Backstage Detective [extra]

5.8
0.1
Saturday's Millions
Saturday's Millions

1933

Drama

as Reporter

0
0.2
Golden Harvest
Golden Harvest

1933

Drama

as Farmhand at Wedding (uncredited)

5
0.3
Sailor Beware!
Sailor Beware!

1933

Comedy

as Stuttering Thief

0
0.2
Sensation Hunters
Sensation Hunters

1933

Drama

as Stuttering Waiter

2
0.2
One Year Later
One Year Later

1933

Crime • Drama • Romance

as Man Chuckling at Train Station

6.3
0.3
Strange People
Strange People

1933

Crime • Mystery

as The Radio Repairman

5
0.1
The Phantom of the Air
The Phantom of the Air

1933

Action

as 'Skid' (uncredited)

6
0.1
The Big Cage
The Big Cage

1933

Action • Adventure • Drama

as Ticket Taker

6
0.2
Lucky Dog
Lucky Dog

1933

Drama

as Drunk #2

0
0.3
The Rustler's Roundup
The Rustler's Roundup

1933

Western

as Walt (uncredited)

0
0.2
Girl Missing
Girl Missing

1933

Comedy • Crime • Mystery

as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)

5.1
0.3
Parachute Jumper
Parachute Jumper

1933

Drama

as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)

6.1
0.5
Goldie Gets Along
Goldie Gets Along

1933

Comedy • Drama • Romance

as Stuttering Waiter

4
0.3
Man Of Action
Man Of Action

1933

Action • Adventure • Romance • Western

as Cashier Summers

0
0.1
Manhattan Tower
Manhattan Tower

1932

Drama

as Mechanic (uncredited)

6
0.2
Afraid to Talk
Afraid to Talk

1932

Crime • Drama

as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)

6
0.3
Women Won't Tell
Women Won't Tell

1932

Drama

as Man in Junkyard

4
0
Once in a Lifetime
Once in a Lifetime

1932

Comedy

as Lighting Technician (uncredited)

7
0.1
The All-American
The All-American

1932

Drama

as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)

5
0.2
The Iceman's Ball
The Iceman's Ball

1932

Comedy

as Officer Dugan

1
0
Cornered
Cornered

1932

Western

as Court Bailiff (uncredited)

6
0.3
Speed Madness
Speed Madness

1932

Action • Adventure

as Joe

0
0.2
Two-Fisted Law
Two-Fisted Law

1932

Romance • Western

as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff

4.6
0.3
Miss Pinkerton
Miss Pinkerton

1932

Comedy • Mystery • Thriller

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

5.7
0.2
Scandal for Sale
Scandal for Sale

1932

Drama

as Newspaperman

7
0.2
The Airmail Mystery
The Airmail Mystery

1932

Adventure

as Holly

0
0.2
The Impatient Maiden
The Impatient Maiden

1932

Drama • Romance

as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)

0
0.2
Texas Cyclone
Texas Cyclone

1932

Action • Western

as Sheriff Lew Collins

4.2
0.1
Law and Order
Law and Order

1932

Western

as Lanky Smith (uncredited)

4
0.3
The Unexpected Father
The Unexpected Father

1932

Comedy

as Sailor (uncredited)

0
0.2
A House Divided
A House Divided

1931

Drama

as Musician (uncredited)

6.2
0.2
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
5.4
0.1
Neck and Neck
Neck and Neck

1931

Comedy • Drama

as Hector

0
0.1
Grief Street
Grief Street

1931

Crime • Mystery • Romance

as Walt

4.1
0.1
Honeymoon Lane
Honeymoon Lane

1931

Comedy

as Driver

0
0.1
Many a Slip
Many a Slip

1931

Comedy

as Minor Role (uncredited)

0
0.1
See America Thirst
See America Thirst

1930

Action • Comedy • Crime

as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)

0
0.1
Little Accident
Little Accident

1930

Comedy

as Milkman (uncredited)

0
0.2
King of Jazz
King of Jazz

1930

Animation • Comedy • Music

as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')

6.2
0.3
Dames Ahoy
Dames Ahoy

1930

Comedy • Romance

as Side Show Barker

0
0.2
The Long, Long Trail
The Long, Long Trail

1929

Western

as Skinny Rawlins

4
0.1
The Last Performance
The Last Performance

1929

Drama • Horror • Romance

as Clown (uncredited)

6.2
0.2
One Hysterical Night
One Hysterical Night

1929

Comedy • Romance

as Paul Revere

5
0.1
Flight
Flight

1929

Action • Adventure

as Marine Pilot

6.3
0.2
His Lucky Day
His Lucky Day

1929

Comedy

as Road House Thug (uncredited)

0
0.1
The Lariat Kid
The Lariat Kid

1929

Western

as Pat O'Shea

0
0.2
Smilin' Guns
Smilin' Guns

1929

Western

as Ranch Foreman

0
0.1
The Michigan Kid
The Michigan Kid

1928

Drama

as Minor Role (uncredited)

0
0.1
The Ballyhoo Buster
0
0.1
A Fighting Finish
A Fighting Finish

1927

Comedy

as Student

0
0.1
Blake of Scotland Yard
Blake of Scotland Yard

1927

Crime • Mystery

as Henchman (uncredited)

0
0.1
Alias The Deacon
Alias The Deacon

1927

Drama

as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink

0
0.2
The Ridin' Rowdy
The Ridin' Rowdy

1927

Western

0
0.1
Sensation Seekers
Sensation Seekers

1927

Drama • Romance

as Below Deck Yacht Crewman

6.4
0.1
Tearin' Into Trouble
Tearin' Into Trouble

1927

Western

as Billy Martin

0
0.1
Flashing Oars
Flashing Oars

1927

Comedy

as Hula Hula Hut Customer

3
0.1
Spangles
Spangles

1926

Drama

as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

0
0.3
The Calgary Stampede
The Calgary Stampede

1925

Western

as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)

5.8
0.1
Lorraine of the Lions
Lorraine of the Lions

1925

Adventure • Drama

as Minor Role (uncredited)

5.5
0.1
Webs of Steel
Webs of Steel

1925

Action • Adventure • Drama

0
0.1

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